Dusk and Sanguine were walking down the street, Sanguine annoying Dusk to no end. Like always. The streetlights glowed orange on the pavement, lighting up only certain spots. The rest in darkness. A lone car passed by, the headlights flashing slightly in the dark.

"Do ya think Shoe likes Ray-Roy?" Sanguine was currently asking Dusk. "I think she does. With how attached she is to him and how she hates Vendetta so much. Although that could have somethin' to do with your daughter's lovely personality."

Dusk glanced at him.

"No offense."

Dusk grunted and they continued on.

"But still," Sanguine continued. "Even you have to admit there is somethin' goin' on with her."

"So you didn't get the hint when Vendetta yelled that she hated Shoe because Shoe liked Ray-Roy."

Sanguine looked at him. "She said that?"

"Yeah, you seriously don't remember?"

"Nope."

"I swear you have the attention span of a microwave oven."

Sanguine opened his mouth to retort.

"No wait. I take that back an unplugged microwave oven."

"Hey! Give me one good example that proves that."

"You barely remember directions, you didn't even realize we had arrived in London until an hour after we had gotten to the hotel, you couldn't find the room key even though it was in your hand the entire time and we kept telling you that. You forgot your bags at the airport and we had to go all the way back there to get them and when we came back it turned out you left all of the room keys in the room and we had to go get new ones."

Sanguine went quiet. "I don't remember any of that happenin'."

"It happened yesterday."

"Oh."

Before Sanguine could say anything more on the subject, his phone rang. He scowled and dug it out of his pocket. "Hello?"

"Somethin's happenin'," Ray-Roy said from the other side of the phone. "I see movement but I can't tell who it is. Ya better come over."

"On our way." Sanguine hung up and turned to Dusk.

"Time to head back?" The vampire guessed.

Sanguine nodded. "Time to head back."

…..

Valkyrie was walking with Skulduggery, looking at the different shops. She looked across the street and saw a donut shop. She poked Skulduggery. "I want a donut," she pointed at the shop.

Skulduggery craned his head over to see. "Valkyrie, we need to be ready at a moment's notice. You can't be eating when we get the call, you need to be prepared. Imagine, you just get your food and are about to take the first bite, when your phone rings. And now you are faced with the horrible reality that you are going to have to throw your food away. Do you really want that to happen?"

"You could have just said no," Valkyrie mumbled.

"But if I did that, then I couldn't have showed you exactly why. Detail, Valkyrie. That is what really counts."

"You sound like the teachers at school."

"Well, I am one of your teachers."

"Yeah, on magic and combatants. We don't exactly learn that at school."

"Pity. It's a very fun subject."

Skulduggery's phone rang and he picked it up. "Yes?"

Valkyrie could hear Ray-Roy saying something on the other end.

"Now? Alright then, we'll be right there."

He hung up. "See Valkyrie? This is right about the time you would have gotten that donut and right when you went to take that first bite you know what would have happened? You would have had to-

"Throw it away. I got it," Valkyrie interrupted. "Now let's go and get this over with."

Sorry it's so short. Hope you guys still like this story! Big fight scene coming up in the next chapter! Please review!